| Trouble in Portland Badgeless federal officers rounded up protesters in Portland, Oregon on Thursday night and forced them into unmarked vehicles.
According to a report by Oregon Public Broadcasting News, protesters were peacefully demonstrating outside of Multnomah County Justice Center and the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse when several were detained by the officers and put into the unmarked minivans.
It was a troubling scene for many. Well, not everyone...
Police Brutality is "Funny"? RedState Managing Editor "Streiff" -- he writes under a pseudonym -- had a remarkable take on the news from Portland: amusement.
Streiff responded to a tweet about peaceful protester being "shot in the head" by calling it "good news," and making a joke that a head shot meant "so we can assume no vital organ was injured." He later retweeted a video of a cop pulling up a protester's mask to pepper spray them in the face with the comment, "holy crap this is funny."
Perhaps the most damning criticism we can offer is to say we would have called him the loser of the day if he were more prominent, but he is the managing editor of a longtime conservative blog that is part of the Townhall and Salem Media network of websites, and he is responsible for directing the tone of their coverage. To say these attitudes are troubling is an understatement.
Convicted by a Kangaroo Court! OK, let's have a palate cleanser, and what's better than a funny critter story? Here's a tale of an escaped pet kangaroo that went on a frolic through a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, until finally being apprehended by local police, put in the back of a cop car, and put in "jail" in the department's horse stables until wildlife authorities could come take custody of the rogue roo.
We've got lots of photos and videos of the troublemaking marsupial, including the poor little guy looking forlornly out behind bars.
Coach Pop Pops Off Gregg Popovich is well known for not doing two things: losing games and holding his tongue.
The outspoken San Antonio Spurs head coach lived up to his reputation during a media session Thursday, calling out Texas state leaders as “cowards” for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic and saying that he feels that his team is safer in Florida.
He also wore a T-shirt with an all caps political message on it.
Well, At Least She's Organized
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has brought a giant white binder with her to recent press briefings, and a Reuters photographer caught a detailed glimpse of the contents, catching a side view of the binder and its tabbed categories.
McEnany has developed a reputation for flipping open her briefing book after a particularly confrontational question and reading verbatim from pre-written responses, which often included canned attacks on the press or praise from allies.
The categories revealed in the Reuters photograph included some expected current topics, like ones related to the coronavirus pandemic, but also several that seemed connected to personal grudges of the president and other amusing items. Like "GOYA." See for yourself here.
That's Not a Wave; That's a Tsunami
Exactly one month after Vice President Mike Pence declared there would be “no second wave” of the coronavirus pandemic, the United States hit another record high of 77,000 cases, and reported 940 new confirmed deaths.
As Pence joins Trump in trying to force schools to reopen beginning next month, the virus itself has been weighing in with record case numbers in hotspots like Florida, Arizona, and Texas. Sigh.
A World in Which Shep Thrives?
Mediaite's Joe DePaolo has a sobering take on Shepard Smith's upcoming new CNBC show: it's likely "hopelessly doomed."
Praising Smith's integrity, storytelling, and communication skills, DePaolo calls him "everything a news anchor should be" and describes his "just the facts" approach for his new show as a "noble mission." "Here’s the problem: Americans have decided they don’t want that on cable," DePaolo writes.
Maybe Joe's Right
If you weren't already depressed enough about the state of cable news, here's a real mess over at Fox. A stunning new report detailed anonymous comments from multiple Fox News staffers, railing against the network’s treatment of racism and Black Lives Matter protests.
Said one incensed staffer: “They created a cell—they created a white supremacist cell inside the top cable network in America, the one that directly influences the president… This is rank racism excused by Murdoch."
There are many more.
Seriously, What The @#$! Happened on Twitter Wednesday?
That's what several members of Congress are asking after an astonishing breach of security of some very prominent Twitter accounts occurred on Wednesday. Hackers seized control of accounts belonging to former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, and several others.
Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chair of the House Oversight Committee, wants answers from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and he wants them now.
Get Well Soon, RBG
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced on Friday that she’s been receiving chemotherapy to treat “a recurrence of cancer.” She said that she had been tolerating the treatment well and had been able to continue her work on the Court.
Cancer plays no political favorites and we wish her our prayers and best wishes for a quick and full recovery. 6.5.0 | 
